Spanish-Style Leftover Rice Fritters Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup all purpose flour (60 grams)
• 1 large egg
• 1/3 cup club soda (90 ml)
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 small carrot
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley (8 grams)
• 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika (1.25 grams)
• 1 cup leftover cooked white rice (190 grams)
• 1/2 cup grated cheese (60 grams)
• sea salt & black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic roughly chopped
• 1/4 tsp saffron threads (.17 grams)
• 1/2 cup low fat mayonnaise (120 grams)
• 1 tsp lemon juice 5 ml
• 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (15 ml)
• sea salt & black pepper
• 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil (90 ml)
• fresh parsley

Instructions

1. 1

   Add the flour into a large bowl and make a well in the middle, crack in the egg and whisk the egg, then add in the club soda and whisk everything together until you get a creamy batter, then add in the onion finely chopped, finely grate in the garlic, finely grate in the carrot (peeled), add in the chopped parsley, sweet smoked Spanish paprika and season with sea salt & black pepper, mix together.

2. 2

   Add in the cooked rice and grated cheese, give it one final mix until well mixed together

3. 3

   Heat a large fry pan with a medium heat and add in the olive oil

4. 4

   After a couple of minutes start adding in spoonfuls of the batter, all evenly spaced out and in a single layer, cook in batches, fry the fritters for 3 minutes per side or until golden fried, as you finish each batch, transfer the fritters into a dish with paper towels.

5. 5

   Add in the cloves of garlic roughly chopped into a mortar, along with the saffron and a pinch of sea salt, using a pestle pound down on the ingredients until you get a paste-like texture, then add in the mayonnaise, lemon juice, olive oil and season with sea salt & black pepper, whisk together until you get a creamy texture.

6. 6

   Transfer the aioli into a small bowl and place over a serving dish, decorate the fritters around it and garnish with fresh parsley, enjoy!